by Jay | Aug 21, 2016 | New, Thunder Road, Vermont
Shawn Fleury of Middlesex in Victory Lane on U.S. Army Recruiting Night at Thunder Road. (Alan Ward photo)
Barre, VT – Shawn Fleury of Middlesex grabbed the lead from rookie Chris Pelkey of South Barre on a late-race restart, then went on to claim his second victory of the season in the 50-lap main event for the Thunder Road Late Models.
Pelkey took the lead from pole-sitter Scott Coburn of Barre and stayed in front until the second caution of the event flew on lap 46. Fleury, on the outside of the front row on the ensuing restart, took over the top spot on lap 47. Nick Sweet of Barre charged from 15th starting position to take second place, while Pelkey finished for third.
Scott Dragon of Milton, Matt White of Northfield, Marcel J. Gravel of Wolcott, Phil Scott of Middlesex, Jason Corliss of Barre, John Donahue of Graniteville, and Eric Badore of Milton rounded out the top 10.
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by Jay | Aug 20, 2016 | Connecticut, New, Stafford
Berndt, Fearn, Ferrigno, Arute, Dembek, & Korner Score August 19 CBYD Night Feature Wins at Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with Xtra Mart Convenience Stores Xtra D feature events for the SK Lights and DARE Stocks as part of CBYD 811 Night. Taking down Xtra D wins were Joey Ferrigno in the SK Light feature and Dan Dembek in the DARE Stock feature while Eric Berndt won the SK Modified® feature, Tom Fearn won the Late Model feature, Paul Arute won the Limited Late Model feature, and Noah Korner won the Legend Cars feature.
In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, Matt Galko streaked into the lead at the drop of the green as he went to the outside of Tyler Hines. Mike Christopher, Jr. quickly moved into third with Eric Berndt fourth and Ted Christopher fifth. Christopher went by Berndt for fourth on lap-4 and he was now right on his nephew’s bumper as Galko continued to lead with Hines right behind him. Frank Ruocco spun in turn 3 and backed into the wall to bring the caution out with 8 laps complete. (more…)
by Jay | Aug 18, 2016 | NASCAR, New
TONY EURY JR. TO MAKE MODIFIED CREW CHIEF DEBUT
Todd Szegedy Will Pilot No. 15 15-40 Connection Modified At “The Last Great Colosseum”
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (August 15, 2016) – LFR Chassis will be back in action in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) at Bristol Motor Speedway, as Todd Szegedy and Rob Fuller Motorsports team up for the Bush’s Beans 150. The team is thrilled to announce that veteran NASCAR crew chief, Tony Eury Jr., will make his NWMT crew chief debut this week.
Although this will mark Tony Eury Jr.’s first race as a NWMT crew chief, Eury has an impressive resume as a NASCAR crew chief and looks forward to broadening his list of accomplishments with Rob Fuller Motorsports in Bristol.
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by Jay | Aug 18, 2016 | Canada, New
NASCAR Weekend Preview – Bumper to Bumper 300 & Lots More
JAMES RIVER, NS (August 17, 2016) – In the 10-year history of the NASCAR Pinty’s Series, one stop everyone looks forward to is Riverside International Speedway for the Bumper To Bumper 300.
The race will be held this Saturday and once again feature 300 laps of side-by-side competition on the fast .333-mile speedway.
Among the favorites expected to contend for the win will be current points leader Andrew Ranger. Ranger won the season-opener at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, and he has remained out front in the standings thanks to a pair of wins during the first half of the season.
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by Jay | Aug 18, 2016 | Maine, New, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS
photo by Norm Marx
NAPLES, ME (August 5) – When you mention the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) to any race fan across North America, there’s a good chance that Ben Rowe is the first driver’s name that comes to mind. As the PASS North Super Late Model division’s “Ironman”, Ben Rowe has started every race since the series started in 2001, the only driver to do so. Along the way, Rowe has won 4 PASS North series titles, the 2009 PASS National and PASS South championships, and has won more PASS Super Late Model races than any other driver, nearly 50 when combining both PASS North and South wins.
Rowe, like most every other driver from across the nation, holds the HP Hood Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in high regard. As a kid, he watched his dad, Mike, go to victory lane in the 1984 running of the 250 and competed against him in Mike’s wins in 1997 and 2005.
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by Jay | Aug 18, 2016 | Lee USA, New, New Hampshire
photo by Rich Hayes
Lee, NH – The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Models invaded Lee USA Speedway for their second appearance of the 2016 season at “New Hampshire’s Center of Speed”, with Granite Stater Derek Griffith of Hudson collecting his first career series win in the 150-lap main event.
Griffith out dueled series veteran Derek Ramstrom of West Boylston, MA, after chasing the early-race leader over the first third of the event, then swapping the lead back and forth several times in the late stages of the race before finally moving ahead for good.
At the checkers, it was Griffith in for his first career PASS win, with all of the biggest names in Super Late Model racing following him across the stripe. Ramstrom finished second, with Johnny Clark, Travis Benjamin, Jeremy Davis, DJ Shaw, Ben Rowe, Mike Hopkins, Joey Pole, and ageless veteran Mike Rowe rounding out the top ten.
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by Jay | Aug 18, 2016 | Maine, New, Unity Raceway
This Sunday marks the 2nd year of the raceway being leased and operated by Nick Huff. Taking over the track in mid August of 2014, after no signs of opening for the year by any other parties, Huff was able to quickly put together a 4 race schedule that began August 17th. All events were successful, and most importantly, Huff accomplished his goal of continuing the 2 day Long John tradition that hasn’t missed a year since it’s beginning thanks to him. Time has surely flown by, and it’s been a great ride that is soon to come to an end with the recent purchase of the raceway.
Management will change hands in 2017, but racing will surely continue. We hope this will not come with many changes though, as we have proven that Nick’s ideas and philosophy on what’s best for the raceway are certainly a step in the right direction. We want to thank you for your continued support of Unity Raceway, for all of the 68 years of it’s presence, and especially these last couple. Lets pack the stands this Sunday August 21st, for 7 divisions of our continually growing car counts and exciting racing all for just $5 beginning at 2:30pm, and show that Unity Raceway can’t be stopped thru thick and thin. This track will always stand as the Toughest Oval in Maine, Strong and LOUD!!
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by Jay | Aug 16, 2016 | New, Valenti Modified Racing Series
2nd Annual U.S. Pro Stock / Super Late Model National Championship Race Announced
Seekonk, Mass. – Gary Sagar and Kraze Korlacki Speed Equipment have announced, a 2nd annual U.S. Pro Stock/Super Late Model National Championship Race has been scheduled for Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Massachusetts.
Sagar stated the success of the race, the exciting last lap win, and the positive feedback from both fans and competitors alike, made the decision easy to go forward and to again pay a purse to include $10,000 being awarded the winner of next years race.
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by Jay | Aug 15, 2016 | Canada, New
(Halifax, NS, August 13th, 2016) – Cole Butcher (Porter’s Lake, NS) took home his second Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour win of the season Saturday night in fashion, winning the prestigious Atlantic Cat 250. Butcher took the lead on lap 42 and battled with Greg Proude (Springvale, PE) and 2013 Cat 250 winner Craig Slaunwhite (Terence Bay, NS) for the remainder of the 250 laps. Slaunwhite would finish second, ahead of Proude, who fought suspension issues with his car from early in the Atlantic Cat 250. Five-time Series champion John Flemming (Halifax, NS) finished fourth in his second start of the season, ahead of Russell Smith Jr (Lakeside, NS) in Daryl Mahar’s (Hubley, NS) #66 car.
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by Jay | Aug 15, 2016 | Maine, New, Wiscasset Speedway
Credit Photos: Mary and Peter Taylor petespicks.smugmug.com
By Lisa and Rich Maguire
The weather cleared, and a window of opportunity opened to complete the races at Wiscasset Speedway last Saturday night. The threat of rain led race officials to eliminate heat races, and run the feature events with ten additional laps added to each feature. A thirty lap Thunder Four Mini event was the Spotlighted feature race of the evening. There was double the fun when the Amsoil Nelcar Legends appeared in two separate feature races. Other Group One races included Servpro of Biddeford Saco Prostocks, Super Street, and N.E. 4 Cylinder Prostocks.
A thirty lap Thunder Four Mini feature was the main event of the evening. Starting on the pole was the #007 of Destiny McKenzie. To her right was the #41 of Logan Melcher. Starting in third was David Greenleaf of the #58. When the green flag flew, there was some early race action as cars jockeyed for position. Melcher advanced to first before the conclusion of the first lap. The #26 of Micheal Golding sped to second. Joe Katula of the #4J advanced to third. During lap five, the #48 of Michael Harrison took third from Katula. During lap ten, race leader Melcher slid up the track coming out of turn four. Golding took advantage of the opportunity and passed him for the lead. The race leaders stayed consistent for the for the remainder of the caution free race. Michael Golding took first place for his second victory of the season. Logan Melcher came in second. Michael Harrison rounded out the top three in third while maintaining his hold on the division’s point lead.
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